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DEFERRED COMMISSIONS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Impairment of Deferred Contract Costs

			December 31,
(in thousands)			2020						2019
Deferred commissions (1)			$	108,624					$	85,314

(1) Included in other long-term assets.

Schedule of Amortization of Deferred Contract Costs

(in thousands)			2020						2019						2018
Amortization of deferred commissions (1)			$	33,302					$	29,152					$	17,271

(1) Included in selling and marketing expenses.

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Tabular disclosure of the amounts paid in advance for capitalized costs that will be expensed with the passage of time or the occurrence of a triggering event, and will be charged against earnings within one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer; the aggregate carrying amount of current assets, not separately presented elsewhere in the balance sheet; and other deferred costs.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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